TheLionKingshowisatTheBristolHippodrome.Therearebigsignsoutsidethetheatrewhichsay‘TheLionKing’.
Youmayhavetowaitinaqueuewhenyougettothetheatreanditcanbequitebusyandnoisy.
YoumayalsoneedtocollectyourticketsfromtheBoxOffice,whereyoumayneedtoqueue.
Mostpeopleenterthebuildingthroughthemainentrance.
Youwillneedtoshowyourticketstoanushertogetintothetheatre.Anusherissomeonewhoworksforthe
Theatreandwearsauniform.
Youwillthenwalkalongacorridororupsomestairstogettoyourseatsfortheperformance.
Youwillwalkpastthe‘PianoBar’,abarwhereyoucanbuyfoodanddrinks.
Thetheatrehasthreedifferentlevels.Yourseatswillbeonalevelcalledthe‘Stalls’,‘GrandCircle’or‘UpperCircle’.
TheGrandCircleandtheUpperCircleareupmorestairs.
SomepeopleenterthebuildingthroughtheAccessEntrancewhichisalongthesideofthetheatrebuilding,
aroundthecornerfromthemainentrance.
IfyouenterthroughtheAccessEntrance,youwillseeatoiletonyourleftanddoubledoorsleadingthroughtothe
auditoriumstraightahead.
Therearetoiletsatthetheatreonalllevels.Ifyouneedtousethetoiletthat’sfine,justaskanushertohelpyou.Thesearesignstoshowyouwherethetoiletsare.
Theinsideofthetheatrewheretheseatsareiscalledtheauditorium.Itisverybigandtherearelotsofseats.
Whenyoureachtheauditoriumanusherwilllookatyourticketsandtellyouwhereyourseatsare.Thenumbersonyourticketstellyouwherewehavetosit.Itisnotachoice.
Whenyougettoyourseatsyoucansitdownandrelax.Therewillbelotsofotherpeoplesittingnearyou
anditwillbequitenoisy.
Whenitistimefortheshowtostartyouwillhearavoiceaskingeveryonetoturnofftheirmobile
phones.Thisvoiceiscomingthroughaspeaker.Thetheatrewillgetdarkerandeveryonewillbequiet.Youwillneedtobeasquietasyoucanduringtheshowsothatyoucan
heareverything.
Whentheshowstarts,youwillhearanactorstarttosinganditisveryloud.Itwon’tbeloudforverylongso
don’tworry.
Seeingashowislikewatchingtelevision,orafilm,butthepeopleinashowareonastageandtheyarecalledactors.
TheLionKingisaspecialkindofshowcalledamusical.Theactorswilltellastorybytalking,singinganddancing.
Therearelotsofpuppetsintheshow.Sometimestheyareverylargeandsometimesquitesmall.Therewillbebeautifulgiraffes,elephants,hyenasandotheranimals.
Someactorswillhaveflyingbirdpuppets.Thepuppetwecanseehereisbeingheldbytheactor.
Herearesomeactorswearinglargepuppets.TheseactorswalkthroughtheaudienceintheStallsareatogettothestage.TherewillalsobesingersappearingintheGrand
Circlearea.
Someoftheanimalsandsingersmaycomeclosetoyou.Theanimalsarenotreal,theyarejustactorswearing
costumesandmakeup.Itisimportantthatyoustayinyourseatwhentheanimalsarewalkingtothestageandyou
can’ttouchthem.
Aftertheanimalsandactorsareallonstage,theywillsingasongcalled“CircleofLife”andstarttotellthe
storyofTheLionKing.
Youwillhavealotoffunduringtheperformance.Thereislotsofsinginganddancing.Sometimesitmightbeloudbutdon’tworry,nothingwillhurtyou.Ifthesoundsaretooloudyoucanputyourhandsoveryourears,orwearyour
headphones(ifyoubroughtsomewithyou).
Aftereachsong,somepeoplewillclap.Clappingisnicebecauseittellstheactorsyoulikedtheirsong.Ifyouwanttoclap,youcan.Youdon’thavetoclapifyoudon’twant
to.
Inthemiddleoftheshow,thereisabreak.Thisbreakiscalledaninterval.Duringtheintervalyoucanuse
thetoiletandhaveadrinkorasnack.
Aftertheinterval,everyonewillcomebackandsitdownintheirseatsagain.Itwillgetdarkerandquieteragainjust
likeatthebeginningoftheshow.TheactorswillcomebackonthestageandfinishtellingtheLionKingstory.
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